the ivory trade controlling internally. in other words, those controls are imagined to be at the heart of the last one off sales have failed. finally, the united states government should could use its considerable diplomatic influence to join with china in a leadership role to take immediate measures to end the illegal trade. china's recent actions are very welcomed, but need to be sustained over the long-term. idealy, the u.s. government could share some awareness over the situation and work for the joint leadership of china to solve the problem. if china would declare unilateral ten-year moritorium on ivory imports, it would be a better future in africa and thailand must enact serious reforms to control its ivory market. failing these needed actions, the u.s. government should ensure that those countries driving the demand are held to task at the upcoming society's conference of the parties in march 2013. maybe the u.s. should consider application of the amendment and sanctions process that law offers in cases where sight

currently china emerges as the leading driver of the illegal trade of ivory. 90% of ivory seized at kenya's airports are from chaepds nationalists. in hindsight, it looks as if the new spike in demand for ivory resulting poaching crisis was exacerbateded by the decision in 2008 to allow the sale to china of illegal ivory. this seems to have stimulated demand as we predicted might be the case. it doesn't seem to be problematic for these consumers to buy ivory, if some is legal and some isn't, it creates confusion. i visited china in october, to learn how the chinese regarded their own elephants. the last of the wild elephants are still harpooned out in the forest. i learned that the chinese highly value their own wild elephants and they're strictly protected. if china would develop a leadership role in africa as will as in her own country with respect to elephants, much of the problem could be solved. if the buying stops, the killing can too. so for the first time in history, continental africa was largely the chinese living in africa and individually shipping out ivory. there's more disposa

. >> earlier today -- that demand for elephant ivory is at a high. senator john kerry chaired the committee and asked about whether china should reinstate the import ban on ivory. the hearing is about an hour and a half. >> the hearing will come to order. thank you for coming. i apologize for starting a few moments late. i realize that the issue that we're going to discuss today may seem to some to be slightly off the beaten path our community has tackled, but i believe strongly that one of the responsibleties of our country has been to make sure issues deserving attention receive focus. whether people believe that before they've heard about the issue or not, whether they're on the front pages of our national consciousness today or not, it's our job i think to help put them there. and certainly, even if we aren't today thinking much about the global implications of poaching in africa, i can guarantee that we will be if it goes on. in other words, a country with a deep convection that has rallied to the defense of our bald eagle and american bison. it

there's been record seizures of large -- of ivory. you can't take 800 kilograms from ivory, from central africa, export it to east africa and then to asia without carefully planned networks. and with rhino, we have gone from 13,00013,000 -- 13 illegal killed rhinos. this is despite the efforts of the south african government which has really enhanced it's effort. the societies exist with the objective of survival of species in the world. ade goes well beyond the impact of those species. criminal syndicates are well adapted in avoiding detection. they're exploiting some of the poorest people on the planet. they are corrupting officials and they are wounding and killing enforcement officers in the field. as such they are depriving local people of legitimate development choices and depriving states of revenue, not to mention robs states of their cultural heritage and their natural resources, this is undermining the rule of law, it is undermining security and it must be stopped. the examples given you here regarding cameroon and we -- we

and come from nairobi, but that ivory was not kenya ivory. it came from all sorts of other countries and kenya had been used because of its efficiency in transport as a transit point, so that ivory eventually was surrendered back to kenya and the country's of origin were identified through detective work and through looking at the dna profile of some of the dna found on the ivory, and it was agreed amongst all of those parties they should burn that and destroy it which was a very good solution and it sent out a strong signal. >> does that need to become the norm? should there be a part of the convention that all are assemble and had destroyed? if there is a secondary value, seizing it and then selling it or putting it into the black market or under the table doesn't do you much good and you still have the same incentive to go after it. >> i think it would be an excellent idea, but one would need to perhaps tie some recome peninsula -- recompensation and could be put into elephant conservation. >> interesting idea. we do have our reward, bill,

ivory is a luxury commodity. the ivory trade in china has broken down. those who are imagined to be at the heart of sales have failed. the united states government could and should use its considerable diplomatic influence to join with china in a leadership role to take immediate measures to end the illegal trade. the recent actions in china are welcomed, but they need to be sustained over the long term. ideally, the u.s. government could share awareness of the situation and work with the joint leadership in china. if china would declare a unilateral moratorium on illegal ivory imports it would be a better future for everyone in africa and and serious legislation must be enacted to control the illegal ivory market. the government should ensure that those countries driving the demand are held the task at the upcoming conference for the party is in march 2013. maybe the u.s. should consider an application for an amendment in the sanctions process with laws offered and cases where these are being seriously undermined. i can think of no situation more seriou

do we have any ability to track the ivory down? >> there are gadgets that can be used at a certain level. the problem is they have to be embedded within the ivory there is also dna tracking, which is an extremely promising field that needs a lot more work. you can trace ivory back to its origins through the dna. but if we had little sensors, they can be used. it's a question of at which stage they get located. but i think, again, the technical abilities of having smaller and smaller sensors are there. it's just that we need to apply whatever might be available to this field. >> well, i mean it seemed to me this may be the wackiest idea ever, but it seems to me it may be appealing to big game hunters instead of killing them, tranquilize them, embed them, and you wind up doing a service in the same process. >> funny enough we had a program like that. we called it green hunting. and the idea was to use the undoubted energies of hunters for conservation to put them to what i would say is a more ethical use, dart an elephant and use it

>> he spoke with ivory madison regarding the underlying facts of this case. his testimony is relevant to ivory madison's credibility, and relevant to what i remember some actively said regarding the underlying facts of the case. she told something different to mr. bronstein. i guess it is hard to compare. are you expecting to receive testimony that is different from what you expected her to testify about? >> we have not been able to talk to mr. bernstein directly. >> how do you know it is going to be inconsistent? >> because he has told others that the only thing that he talked to ivory madison about was whether madison could get phone numbers of three individuals. we believe the testimony between the two would conflict. moreover, mr. bernstein was a former editor of the san francisco chronicle. it goes to the political nature of this case. on a factual basis alone, the fact stand for themselves. to ignore the politics of this case, to ignore the political reality, to ignore the facts they were key players in this case, and to not allow their testimony would

walrus tusks, ivory, ivory is really quite valuable and the portuguese as you know in the 15th century they push down africa and what can you get out of africa? >> elephant tusks. the portuguese find a greater supply of ivory and cheaper and it is likely then it is kind of an economic impact here, the portuguese in africa have an economic impact on the struggling communities in greenland. while these greenlanders are living here, they, too, look to the west. one of the things and one of the things matthew they do lack in greenland is timber. they're looking for a source of timber, timber for building, for fuel, and they sail west looking for timber, again the birds, the debris, and as you can see, not a very long distance as they sail west and they encounter north america. the first of the vikings to encounter north america is the son of eric the red, called leaf, eric's son, leaf, the son of eric, and it is leaf erickson who ventures west and we know encounters north america. he probably went first to labrador in the upper coast and didn't find much many the way of timber there and sa

. >>> a senate hearing now on ivory poaching on africa and what the u.s. can do about it. but i believe very strongly that one of the responsibilities of our economy is and always has been to make sure that issues deserving attention receive focus. whether people have heard about the issue or not, whether they're on the front page of our national consciousness today or not, it's our job, i think to help put them there. and certainly even if we aren't thinking much about the global implications of poaching in africa, i can guarantee that we will be if it goes unabated. in other words in a country with a deep and abiding conservati conservationist nation, it's just a matter of time before we awaken to the poaching consequences. and if we don't act now, the time will come too late. it would come too late for the elephants, these enormous lumbering majestic animals which have been a sentimental favorite with people the world over. they are a living connection to prehistoric times and a reminder of our responsibility of the future by preserving the past. and just as we have fou

. >> reporter: the next day eliana says her neighbor ivory madison offered advice and implied she was lawyer. madison's bioon her publishing website says, trained as an attorney. madison was editor and chief of her law review interned at the california supreme court and served as a law fellow. nomad son was not licensed to practice law in california when she suggested making a video of the bruise mirkarimi gave her. >> she represent herself as a lawyer she used the word this is confidential. this is your property. this is going to be safe here. you cannot have this evidence with you. and this is confidential to use just in case ross wants to take theo from you. >> reporter: several days later madison broke the news she called police. she also turned over the video. >> i came out of the house, because i was looking for the car. i found her in front of me telling me, eliana, you are going to kill me, i called the police. they are coming here and you have to talk with them >> reporter: eliana is still fighting the video's release. court documents show on the recording she says this is th

>> the ivory, unfortunately.china, and a lot of the chinese are more opulent than they were before and it's a status symbol in china to earn an ivory seal. it comes from the largest and strongest land mammal. there's a symbolic attachment. >> and what can be done to stop it? >> well, as long as there's a trade in ivory and a demand, there will be elephants being killed for their tusks. obviously, ivory has to be banned totally. and the countries that burn their ivory stockpiles should be rewarded for doing so because up until now, the international convention for trade in endangered species has sabzed the sale of south african stockpile. and as soon as there's a legal market, then what we've seen, and this has been proved, the illegal tusks are laundered into the system, poaching goes up. the time when there was a total ban on ivory, 1989, only for a couple years, bearing in mind that that it takes two years for an elephant to be born and only nine months for a human. you know, when i returned, the poaching was c

. >> reporter: the next day eliana says her neighbor ivory madison offered advice and implied she was lawyer. madison's bioon her publishing website says, trained as an attorney. madison was editor and chief of her law review interned at the california supreme court and served as a law fellow. nomad son was not licensed to practice law in california when she suggested making a video of the bruise mirkarimi gave her. >> she represent herself as a lawyer she used the word this is confidential. this is your property. this is going to be safe here. you cannot have this evidence with you. and this is confidential to use just in case ross wants to take theo from you. >> reporter: several days later madison broke the news she called police. she also turned over the video. >> i came out of the house, because i was looking for the car. i found her in front of me telling me, eliana, you are going to kill me, i called the police. they are coming here and you have to talk with them >> reporter: eliana is still fighting the video's release. court documents show on the recording she says this is th

who i want to address, lynette haines, and ivory madison who was also on your list. do we need to hear from ms. haines live? >> i am not sure can answer that question. it depends. we're hopeful that ms. hens will provide a declaration. we know that she has been concerned about some of the efforts that the mayor has gone to to try to interview her, subpoena her records, etc. i am hopeful we will obtain a declaration to provide you. depending on what the commission thinks of such a declaration, you will be in the best position to evaluate whether or not you need to hear from her life. chairperson hur: ok. ms. madison? >> we will not offer testimony by miss madison. we will make the decision after we see the declaration if we want to request she appear for cross-examination. we do not think she is a necessary live witness. chairperson hur: you do not intend to call anyone who is not on the list except for the sheriff? >> we believe the central live witnesses are the sheriff and the mayor. everyone else is subject to whatever information is provided in their declaration.

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it includes now-familiar naik names like ivory madison, reporting him to police. and his former girlfriend christina flores. a surprise on the list retired sheriff michael hennessey. the city claims he'll testify about his communications with sheriff mirkarimi. and the mayor will be a witness. >> i'll answer every question as honest as i can. and doing so we respect process we have in the charter. >> also, the campaign manager. city attorneys are targeting her in superior court trying so far to southbound phone records they say proved she called ivory madison on mirkarimi's behalf. >> you're thinking it's communication trying to dissuade mismadison. >> it's what we believe. we're interesting in hearing about the position on that. >> the judge called a request for phone records a fishing expedition. her attorney says they'll cooperate with the city narrows the scope. >> in terms of providing relevant information to the domestic violence incidents or anything like that there is no -- nothing to hide. >> she wasn't there. she's in the a witness. >> mirkarimi's attorn

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ella culpa a su vecina ivory madison de identifacarse como abogada, aconsejarle grabar el video, y reportarloiana aclara que contrario a los que se ha dicho, ella no le pidio a su vecina que destruyera el video y los mensajes que intercambiaro n. s.o.t. 2:45:58 si le dije destruye evidencia, nunca utilice esas palabras, nunca dije destroy evidence, yo dije: you don't have my permission to do this. a pesar de todo, eliana lopez apoya a su esposo y piensa que debe conservar su puesto de alguacil. s.o.t. 3:01:31 yo creo que el va a ganar esto porque mas alla de que tu tienes, hay un poder muy grande detras de esto y de muchos intereses que obviamente no quieren un hombre independiente en ese cargo, yo tambien creo que hay un sistema que tiene que haber justicia. la proxima semana se hara la primera audiencia que determinara si mirakrimi se queda en su puesto de alguacil. pero sobre el futuro de su matrimonio, lopez no parece tan clara. s.o.t. 3:06:40 amas a tu esposo ? s.o.t. in: un drama de la vida real, imposible de actuar, y con consecuencias verdaderas. jaime peluffo, noticiero telemundo 48.

ivory madison, abraham mertens, the sheriff, we have discussed him. chief wendy stills. why do we need to hear from her? >> to provide a factual basis about how it is the sheriff's department interacts with the probation department also particularly how the probation department interacts with probationers. which is something -- not something that most -- it is through that that the conflicts inherent in the relationship will become crystalize. we need to put in a fact- finding of origin -- operation. also, i could point out. i am sure you noticed. on our witness list and expert witness list, she is testifying in different compassions -- a different capacities. chair person hur: view on wendy will? commissioner renne: is it your intention to testify by declaration? >> if i could make the point that by doing this by declaration, we are shouldering the burden of the witness list. we're asking you to review the decorations -- and declarations. we will do what we need to do to get the finals -- it is easier to make a decision when to have seen it. the burden of doing that and

not, how much for the lemon, not, how much for the ivory, leopard, the peach. not, when are we leaving. not, how will we leave. not, do you know who she came with? how many clowns will hit in the car. the head of a pin? no one cares how many angels. no one cares what you think of the smart bomb corruption, the mobs. your opinion on deregulation, no one's concerned much the question is not who done it the question is not what's for dinner, what's your beverage, where's the beef? the question is not who is your daddy? is not, which way will the wind blow? is not, where's the car. you wash behind your ears; right . question is not did you turn off the oven or turn off the alarm what's that got to do with the price of tea in china. did you bite it. what's gotten into you no one's asking if you know where your children are. no one's asking if you can locate the nearest exits. in some cases they may be behind you. no one cares whether or not you are being followed. don't ask if it makes you look fat. the question is not, do you remember the time. do you remember the

eliana says her big mistake was trusting her neighbor, ivory madison, with the story. whose idea was it to make the video? >> her idea. >> reporter: it was her idea? >> yes. >> reporter: through an attorney madison said eliana never asked for it to remain confidential. madison call police and turned over the video showing a bruise to eliana's arm in response to a search warrant. >> the police asked are you afraid? of course no, i'm here making lunch for theo. i'm not afraid of anything. actually, if i want to go, i can go. if i want to call the police, i will call the police. >> reporter: still prosecutors charged mirkarimi with domestic violence battery. he pled down to misdemeanor false imprisonment. then mayor lee suspended the sheriff without pay, and asked the ethics commission to fire him. mirkarimi is preparing his defense. >> with that conviction, for a low level misdemeanor, that does not at all inhibit me from being i think, effective sheriff. >> reporter: ross and eliana are also dealing with the remnant of the criminal case the judge imposed a restraining o

lopez made the video with her neighbor ivory madison following a new year's eve argument. here it is. >>> this happened yesterday. this is the second time this is happening. and i told ross i want to work on the marriage, we need help. i've been telling him we need help. and i'm going to use this just in case he wants to take neoaway from me. because -- just in case he wants to take theo away from me. he said that, that he's very powerful and he can do it. >> reporter: through his attorney ross mirkarimi just released a statement to abc7 news. he says in part, the release of the video is the latest heavy-handed tactic to ruin me with no regard for my family's well-being. because of the new year's eve incident the sheriff was charged with domestic violence and ended up pleading guilty to misdemeanor false imprison. mayor lee suspended him and the sheriff is now facing official misconduct charges. a judge recently decided the video you jut saw could be used as evidence in the ethics commission hearing on those misconduct charges. for her part, lopez is in venezuela with thei

---el video, tomado por la vecina ivory madison, muestra a eliana lpez hablando sobre el incidente ymuestra el morete en su brazo. ---la ciudad va a usar el video en su esfuerzo por destituir a mirkarimi... . topvo ---hoy vence el plazo para que se presenten solicitudes aquellas personas interesadas en llenar la vacante dejada por la ex- supervisora del condado de alameda nadia lockyer.. ---lockyer abandono el puesto porque dijo que queria concentrarse en su rehabilitacion y para dedicar mas tiempo al hijo que tiene con su esposo, el tesorero estatal bill lockyer... stop open roll open cu ---hoy fue presentado en el congreso federal, take vo ---una proyecto de reforma migratoria que fue creada por un profesor de la universidad de uc davis... ---bajo el plan del maestro giovanni peri, el sistema actual de visas seria reemplazado por uno en el que los permisos de trabajo se entregarian a aquellas companias que paguen mas... ---asimismo, el dinero generado por la venta de las visas, seria enviado al gobierno federal y estatal, para que sea destinado a programas que ayudan a familias inm

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will also be questioned about phone calls made to a key witness that would be mirkarimi's neighbor ivory madison. >> you are thinking it is a communication trying to dissuade miss madison? >> at this point, that what we believe. we are interested in hearing about her possession on that. >> mirkarimi's attorney says the mayor's witness list seems like to create a circus atmosphere. mirkarimi's list comes out next week. >>> the san jose city council is deadlocked on the mayor's effort to reduce retirement benefits to most future city hires. the plan calls trimming benefits beginning july 1st, for all city workers except police and firefighters. the 5-5 vote last night came up short. san jose's proposed budget begins with a surplus of nine million dollars. the managers proposed budget would operate four new libraries and new community center. it keeps 21 school crossing guards on duty staffs a state park and provides police with two million dollars for gang prevention. >>> we find out today whether cal-state faculty members approved a strike. the leaders of california's three higher educati

. >> the next day eliana says her neighbor, ivory madison offered advice and implied she was a lawyer. madison's bio on her publishing website says "trained as an attorney." madison was editor-in-chief at her laurie view and served as a law fellow. but eliana didn't know she was not licensed to practice in california. when she suggested making a video of the bruise. >> she understand the word. she said this is confidential. this is your property. this is going to be safe here. you cannot have this evidence with you. this is confidential just in case he wants to take theo to you. >> madison said she called police and she turned over the video. >> i came out of the house because i was looking for the car. i was on my cell phone and i saw her in front of me. iliana you are going to kill me. i called the police. >> eliana is fighting the videos released so is hesitant to comment on the contents. but on on the recording she says this is the second time this is happening. >> what did you mean by that? did he grab you before? >> no, no, no. >> she said she was referring to their last big arg

i am a little disappointed in that you did not allow -- they say that the neighbor, ivory madison, called, "the san francisco chronicle," said she called in to report that there is a crime, but she did not call the police, after four days, so what is the motivation of that? behind-the-scenes, orchestrating this conspiracy. based on the evidence, he got 38,000 plus a beds. ed lee got over 30,000 plus of votes. -- plus votes. this is what they want to get rid of him, and this is wrong. dianne feinstein, she endorsed chris cunnie. gavin newsom. all of these people support chris cunnie. they do not support ross be gussied has a different political views. this ethics board, i would like to see the board of supervisors make better decisions. i was a victim of domestic violence, assault with a deadly weapon. i have a police recording and all of the documentation, but the system did not help me. [bell] chair hur: thank you, sir. >> excuse me. could you pass this? >> yes. >> i have ask you over and over. what about my referral to this ethics commission over st. croix and the comptroller's office?

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there was a crown by the end of the game, right in front of the great statue of zeus, made of gold and ivorye of the seven wonders of the ancient world. >> this woman will deliver an incan station to the gods there. >> let's hear a little of that. >> very soon, she will come forward to light the olympic torch, and before she does so, she will utter a prayer to apollo in front of that bowl. you just see it in the foreground there. that is the bowl, it has a little bit of olive oil in it, just to help the sun's rays come down, and they will use a special torch, which was commissioned in 1992. they won't use the london olympic torch. that will be saved for the stadium. but this is a distinct torch by the jeweler from greece. it was suggested the i.o.c. member in greece, they wanted something to give the world. >> a sigh of relief and a ripple of applause by spectators here. as you suggested, no problem at all lighting the flame today. cloud cover did not interfere, and just explain what we were listening to, what she was effectively calling for. >> she was calling for silence from apollo. and t